Hi, I am wondering if anyone out there has a translocation problem. My spouse does and we have to do IVF. The specific translocation is 18 to 9 (this means that all the chromosomes are inside the body, but one moves or "translocates" to chromosome 9. This specific translocation has only been found in 800 people in the world. When a baby is born with it, they usually die as an infant.

Also, anyone out there with a translocation problem that has successfully done IVF and had healthy children?

I HAVE A TRANSLOCATION THE DOCTOR SAYS I SHOULD GO THROUGH I V F TO HAVE CHILDREN, BUT RABBI BINYUMEN LANDAU AND RABBI ARON SHMEIL JACOBOWITZ THINK I SHOULDNT. I WOULD ADVISE YOU TO CONSULT THEM FIRST.

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